{"id":13263,"date":"2010-04-27T18:03:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T23:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=13263"},"modified":"2010-07-22T22:45:51","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T03:45:51","slug":"dye-matt-nathan-and-the-land-of-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=13263","title":{"rendered":"Dye, Matt &#8211; Nathan and the Land of Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattdyecomics.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/nathan1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"nathan1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/nathan1.jpg\" alt=\"nathan1\" width=\"322\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nathan and the Land of Robots <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?page_id=3417&amp;category=1&amp;product_id=436\">Now  Available<\/a>!\u00c2\u00a0 $4<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hey look, a self-contained mini comic!\u00c2\u00a0 Granted, a good number of the  ones that use numbers end up being self-contained too, but that&#8217;s not  on purpose.\u00c2\u00a0 This is all about a young boy who, being unable to sleep,  decides to wander around outside for a bit.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a very short walk, as  he is abducted by a giant Robowl in a hurry and taken to, as you can  probably guess from the title, the land of the robots.\u00c2\u00a0 This sets off a  series of events, all centered around Nathan trying to get home before  his mother wakes up.\u00c2\u00a0 The robot who ends up helping him seems fairly  ambivalent about the whole thing, but he ends up unwittingly getting  dragged along on this adventure.\u00c2\u00a0 Matt has excellent descriptions of the  cast of characters at the back of the book, as there isn&#8217;t much time to  learn about them during the journey but they were all unique enough to  make me curious.\u00c2\u00a0 The book looks great (that cover shimmers, if you  can&#8217;t tell from the scan), and the man is clearly very comfortable  drawing a wide range of robots.\u00c2\u00a0 Might I suggest skipping the humans  entirely the next time around and going nuts with the robots?\u00c2\u00a0 Just a  thought.\u00c2\u00a0 There are also no spelling errors or misprints that I could  see, and I shouldn&#8217;t even have to mention that, granted, but I thought  the people who do things the right way could use a little encouragement,  just like the lazy people who don&#8217;t care could use a little rage.\u00c2\u00a0 This  is also one of those all-ages stories, as kids could read this as  easily as adults.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s probably aimed a bit more towards kids, but it  could go either way, depending on your current level of cynicism and\/or  interest in robots.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s worth a look, and I&#8217;m curious to see what else  Matt comes up with over the years.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/nathan2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"nathan2\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/nathan2.jpg\" alt=\"nathan2\" width=\"427\" height=\"643\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Nathan and the Land of Robots Now Available!\u00c2\u00a0 $4 Hey look, a self-contained mini comic!\u00c2\u00a0 Granted, a good number of the ones that use numbers end up being self-contained too, but that&#8217;s not on purpose.\u00c2\u00a0 This is all about a young boy who, being unable to sleep, decides to wander around outside for a 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